Soldiers from this state lost in the Mexican-American War are honored in Theodore O'Hara's poem The Bivouac of the Dead, which is inscribed at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. The Tolliver and Martin families were the antagonists in its Rowan County War. This state had two rival high courts during the Old Court/New Court controversy. James Wilkinson attempted to join this state with Spain when it declared independence from (*) Virginia. Chickasaw land was incorporated into the western part of this state in Jackson's Purchase, while a Civil War clash near th
Soldiers from this state lost in the Mexican-American War are honored in Theodore O'Hara's poem The Bivouac of the Dead, which is inscribed at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. The Tolliver and Martin families were the antagonists in its Rowan County War. This state had two rival high courts during the Old Court/New Court controversy. James Wilkinson attempted to join this state with Spain when it declared independence from (*) Virginia. Chickasaw land was incorporated into the western part of this state in Jackson's Purchase, while a Civil War clash near this state's Chaplin Hills saw Buell face Bragg at Perryville. One of its senators succeeded William R. King as Buchanan's Vice President; that man, John C. Breckenridge, took over the seat of John Crittenden. For 10 points, name this state whose senator Henry Clay made his home in Lexington.
Soldiers from this state lost in the Mexican-American War are honored in Theodore O'Hara's poem The Bivouac of the Dead, which is inscribed at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery.
{Kentucky}